Design, synthesis, DNA-binding and cytotoxicity evaluation of new potential combilexines

C Hotzel, A Marotto, U Pindur

Index: Hotzel, Christian; Marotto, Annalisa; Pindur, Ulf European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 37, # 5 p. 367 - 378

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Abstract

Combilexines, compounds in which a DNA intercalator is linked to a minor groove binding component, interact with the DNA in a sequence specific manner to yield in most cases compounds with anticancer activity. A series of new compounds closely related to netropsin in which the two components were linked by an amide group was synthesised as potential combilexines. As some of these compounds showed cytotoxic activity in vitro, an attempt ...